USS Frankford (DD-497), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Frankford, who commanded the privateer Belvedere during the Quasi-War with France from 1798 to 1800.
Frankford was launched on 17 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. William F. Gibbs; and commissioned 31 March 1943.
USSFrankford (DD-497), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for John Frankford, who commanded the privateer...
Chaudiere (Canadian) USS Corry (sunk during the invasion) HMS Cottesmore USS Doyle HMS Eglinton USS Emmons HMS Faulknor USS Fitch USSFrankford HMS Fury (mined...
An engineer who had landed in the first wave at Fox Red, watching the Frankford steaming in towards shore, thought she had been badly hit and was being...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
1943, when Commander William K. Mendenhall, Jr. broke his pennant in USSFrankford (DD-497) at the Destroyer Base in San Diego, California. The squadron...
USS Charrette (DD-581) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant George Charrette (1867–1938), who was awarded the...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
Sea Link was trapped for over 24 hours in the wreckage of the destroyer USS Fred T. Berry, which had been sunk to create an artificial reef. Although...
combat vessel gunboat HMS Forester (H74) UK combat vessel destroyer USSFrankford (DD-497) US combat vessel destroyer HMS Frobisher (D81) UK combat vessel...
USS Fitch (DD-462/DMS-25), was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy. LeRoy Fitch was born on 1 October 1835 in Logansport, Indiana. He...
USS Gunason (DE-795) a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Robert W. Gunason who was killed in...
USS Boyle (DD-600) was a Benson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named after Thomas Boyle, a privateer...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
USS Gherardi (DD-637/DMS-30), a Gleaves-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi. Gherardi...
USS Blackfin (SS-322), a Balao-class submarine in commission from 1944 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1972, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the...
USS Fitch November (unknown date): USS Haraden 4 Dec: USSFrankford Unknown date: USNS Sgt. Jack J. Pendleton, Kuroshio Other incidents 22 Jan: USS Batfish...
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